Tattoo thread

[Anonymous No.14680568]

Tattoo thread
Inspo, what are your new tattoos? What's your opinion on tattoos? etc.

[Anonymous No.14680778]

>>14680568
I wait around two years between each session and i use the reference picture as a wallpaper for a while to make sure i like it. Funny to see how my taste changes.
Also >tattoos have to have meaning
No, they don't.

[Anonymous No.14680966]

>>14680568
tattoos are stupid, all of them

[Anonymous No.14681181]

I think tattoos are rad and I particularly think we're entering something of a golden age for tattooing (or at least exiting a dark age). Tattoos back in the past few decades used to be
>chinese letters
>fake tribals
>barbed wire
>tramp stamps
>really shitty "realism"

These days I feel like the quality and variety of tattoos is absolutely huge
>resurgence of sailor jerry and trad-american but with way better technology and therefore higher quality
>extremely intricate dot and line work
>botanical sketches and etchings
>artistic minimalism (like OPs pic)

I love how tattoos basically transformed from being simply a sign of "manliness" or rebellion into a fully legitimate form of artistic and aesthetic expression

[Anonymous No.14682104]

>>14681181
do you think that people will look back on this era of tattoos and consider it as obviously dated as we consider those 90s-era trends you mentioned?

obviously there are some overdone "modern" pieces like the forest 'scapes, the basic geometric patterns, flowers, but I wonder if the artistic moment in tattooing going on now as you say will be looked back on just the same as previous trends.

[Anonymous No.14682138]

>>14682104
I think you just listed examples of what's going to be the "dated" elements of current tattoo trends

[Anonymous No.14682161]

>>14680568
>what are your new tattoos?
None.
>What's your opinion on tattoos?
They look stupid and only retards get them.

[Anonymous No.14682178]

I would like to get this tattoo at some point, I’m a huge fan of ghost in the shell but, I also like it because it’s a little more subtle / abstract.

Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.14682180]

>>14682178
Oh and mostly just the 4 circles, not so much the other stuff

[Anonymous No.14682189]

>>14682180
Without the doll joints for context it'll just look like your head is VESA mount compatible.

[Anonymous No.14682945]

>>14682104
I think the ideas themselves will become dated. I think forearm "pine forests", geometrics, and boob chandeliers will probably be looked back on as unoriginal and trendy for the time, but I think what will be different is that they'll still be considered good quality artwork. I think a lot of the trendy styles we look back on from the 90s were pretty unoriginal and boring, but a lot of them were also just straight up bad. Like something I could probably draw up as an untrained artist.

I feel the same about a lot of fashion trends too. We look back at some of the unfortunate trends of the 90s and think "oh my god how did anyone think that was cool?" I'm talking JNCOs, frosted tips, super low-rise jeans, cargo shorts, etc. These days there are lots of trends that are very obviously bandwagons (Dark Academia, terrorwave, palewave, americana/heritage) and will be looked back on as "unoriginal trends that normies followed" but at least the actual clothing wasn't laughably obnoxious.

[Anonymous No.14682996]

inb4 that ugly faggot posts his ass and shit meme tatts.

I love em, my left arm is all neo trad style and no idea what ill do for the rest.

[Anonymous No.14683182]

>>14682996
Beautiful

[Anonymous No.14683314]

>>14682996
Good body + good tattoos makes for better tattoos. Nicely done

[Anonymous No.14683481]

>>14682996
Hey a couple of questions from someone who wants to get their first tattoo
How do you decide on what tattoos to get? Do you imagine the designs and the placements yourself? Do all of those have any meaning? Where do you get the inspo?
If you could post any tips for getting a style like yours it would be really helpful its what im aspiring to do.
Really jelly of your skin and body btw

[Anonymous No.14683912]

[Anonymous No.14683914]

[Anonymous No.14684342]

>>14680966
I would never get one

Not interested at all

If I go to prison and join a gang, perhaps I’ll change my mind

[Anonymous No.14684845]

>>14682996
Rent free.

[Anonymous No.14684895]

My only tat

[Anonymous No.14685383]

>>14684895
I will never understand the boomer obsession with overcooking the fuck out of their contrast and clarity sliders.

[Anonymous No.14685437]

>>14683182
>>14683314
>>14683481
soz this isnt me but inspo lmao

[Anonymous No.14685445]

>>14685437
If you have tattoos you can still answer the questions ples my man

[Anonymous No.14685461]

>>14685445
When it comes to tattoo's research the best tattoo shops in the area, visit their website and check out their individual artists. Pintrest is good for inspo, im pretty lucky and all the guys that have tatted me have taken my inspo and made it their own. Don't over think meaning, if you like it go for it, just remember its somewhat permanent. Pintrest is awesome, but research tattooist in your area and see whats about. Only decent pic of my but most my arm is done now and I have a single sternum piece.

[Anonymous No.14685571]

[Anonymous No.14685914]

>>14685571
love this one

[Anonymous No.14686492]

thoughts on the aesthetic of Trash Polka?

[Anonymous No.14686517]

>>14685571
based

[Anonymous No.14687864]

was thinking about getting something like this. thoughts?

[Anonymous No.14688030]

>>14685914
>>14686517
Logan Paul has one too.

[Anonymous No.14688065]

>>14687864
Little too weeby for my taste but I like it

[Anonymous No.14688069]

I'm thinking of getting this artwork from a GY!BE EP on my arm. Are music related tats effay?

[Anonymous No.14688073]

>>14688069
yeah I copied some gybe shit too but if you go to jail with jewish stuff on your chest good luck

[Anonymous No.14688077]

I want to get "Magister Ludi" (from Glass Bead Game) tatted on my arm. Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.14688083]

>>14685383
Vietnam PTSD

[Anonymous No.14688090]

>>14688073
I unironically thought of not getting it bc of the Hebrew thing and the possible implications, but slow riot is such a good record. Plus, all the other usual gybe inspired artworks seem a little boring to me, like the hands from lift yr skinny fists

[Anonymous No.14688094]

>>14680568
cringe

[Anonymous No.14688096]

>>14688077
I've heard multiple people say text tattoos tattoos don't really age well and you night get bored of it eventually so idk, but I really like the idea

[Anonymous No.14688122]

>>14688090
The gybe one was my first tat. Got the words too small and they kinda blurred. Still like it tho

[Anonymous No.14688144]

idk where tho

[Anonymous No.14688159]

>>14687864
lookslike tigerlex93's intro

[Anonymous No.14688189]

>>14683912
this is awful

[Anonymous No.14688215]

>>14683914
absolutely terrible

[Anonymous No.14688319]

>>14682189
kek underrated

[Anonymous No.14688526]

>>14688122
Looks dope post more

[Anonymous No.14688558]

>>14688526
Thanks buddy. Admittedly my shits not very original >>14682996 this guy is like 100x cooler than me

[Anonymous No.14689584]

>>14687864
ya ok chief

[Anonymous No.14689923]

>>14686492
Mid 2000s graphic T core

[Anonymous No.14689944]

[Anonymous No.14691023]

>>14689584
this meaning what?

[Anonymous No.14691610]

What do y'all think about tarot cards

[Anonymous No.14691751]

Does anyone have a pic of a tattoo of feet drawn in a cool way? I love running and want a running related tattoo

[Anonymous No.14691771]

>>14691610
Effay af. I have one friend who has one tarot card tattoo and it looks amazing

[Anonymous No.14691849]

>>14691771
What part of their body do they have it on? I was thinking of getting one on my chest

[Anonymous No.14692012]

>>14691849
upper arm

[Anonymous No.14692073]

>>14691610
One of the biggest fads of the 2010s but a good artist can make them timeless

[Anonymous No.14692969]

Hannya on left thigh, frog on right thigh

[Anonymous No.14693102]

>>14688558
spider webs unless uve done big time in the pen is gay as fuck and scorpions are normally used for gay people with aids

[Anonymous No.14693217]

>>14680568
I tattooed professionally for 10 years, and as a consequence of that I'm very heavily tattooed myself. The past year and a half I began to look at my body and wish I had never done any of it. I also quit tattooing for work because the majority of people who get tattoos are the most insufferable, ungrateful, annoying group of people who I've ever had the misfortune to waste my time with. Doing it for a living has nearly killed any creative vision I used to have, hopefully with some time off I can recoup. Unfortunately, now I have absolutely no transferable skills to try to do something new with, not to mention I've got tattoos on my hands, face, and head. I feel at this point maybe it's a lost cause and I should go all in- just completely cover my body and try to throw myself back into work after a break.
.. sorry for the blogpost, I just never thought I would be the person who says "I wish I would not have gotten tattooed."

[Anonymous No.14693247]

I got 2 tattoos in 2013 and now I'm saving up for laser removal. Don't do it, frens.

[Anonymous No.14693249]

>>14693217
Damn I would have never thought I'd hear this from one of those tattooer type guys. Maybe you could pursue art in a different form.

[Anonymous No.14693253]

Im Irish, a manlet, and a brawler. Would this be cringe tat. I would definitely get it in done with just black ink.

[Anonymous No.14693255]

>>146932
Fuck forgot to link pic

[Anonymous No.14693283]

>>14693249
Ngl I really didn't think it would ever happen to me. I used to be all about it, and all about the lifestyle until I realized most tattoo artists are pretentious af, just wannabe rockstars with huge egos. Then after I started doing only custom designs and not allowing flash or Pinterest shit anymore I really realized how unoriginal most people are, and it's pretty disheartening when you're making art that makes you happy but nobody is interested in it, they just want the latest bullshit someone else has. I'm thinking about going to school to be an esthetician actually. I'm really interested in skin and I already have pretty solid knowledge about it as well as cleanliness practices. I figure from there I can learn microblading and cosmetic tattooing. I'm a lady, btw.

[Anonymous No.14693327]

>>14693255
if you have actual training it wouldn't be that cringe but if you are some moron who thinks he can fight because of middle school or something it's super cringe

[Anonymous No.14693342]

>>14693102
>spider webs unless uve done big time in the pen is gay as fuck and scorpions are normally used for gay people with aids

dumbest shit i've read today lmao

[Anonymous No.14693395]

>>14693217
Never developed your own niche so you only worked on people who had similar aesthetic tastes?

[Anonymous No.14693444]

>>14691610
>>14692073

If you're worried that tarot cards themselves are a bit overdone, you could always go for an original idea but in a tarot theme/style. That's what I did with this one, wanted a longleaf pine tree and really liked the tarot idea so I just combined them.

[Anonymous No.14693450]

>>14682189
jej

[Anonymous No.14693455]

>>14683182
>>14683314
>>14683481
>being this fucking naive

[Anonymous No.14693457]

>>14688558
>spider web
Who'd you murder? or are you just a pathetic poser?

[Anonymous No.14693461]

>>14685383
>boomers
It's millennials doing that shit

[Anonymous No.14693465]

>>14688073
>if you go to jail
You're an idiot. Jail ain't shit, it's prison that issues arise.

[Anonymous No.14693577]

>>14693395
Idk, I feel like I had a niche but it wasn't very marketable or something. Most of my art doesn't translate great to tattoo work but I always made sure to make custom flash sheets specifically for tattoos as well.

[Anonymous No.14693623]

>>14693465
You’ll have months if not years to cover up cringy tats before a prison sentence

[Anonymous No.14694170]

>>14693577
What was your style?

[Anonymous No.14694184]

>>14693283
That's interesting to hear. I'm learning to tattoo but don't have any tattoos myself, I wonder if it makes me less authentic but I guess I'm too self aware and know there's no possibility of not being bored with a design. I enjoy being tabula rasa, i think it goes along with my minimalism. I guess if I got a tattoo it would become a part of me and I wouldn't care that much but I have dreams about regretting doing it. I think males tend to have different attitude and not give many fucks, females need to have more control of their looks.

[Anonymous No.14694288]

>>14693461
Nah, millennials raise the blacks, lower the saturation, and take down the luminance on the greens to make "moody and dark" images.

[Anonymous No.14694316]

Bros will it look cool if i get a tattoo that looks like my scar on my other thumb???

[Anonymous No.14694330]

Don't wanna be a basic bitch but what do you think of a snake (smaller than pic) tattoo behind the ear?

[Anonymous No.14694380]

>>14693217
>"I wish I would not have gotten tattooed."
>>14693283
>I'm really interested in skin and I already have pretty solid knowledge about it as well as cleanliness practices
Buy a laser and remove them yourself, then. you probably can pull that off.

[Anonymous No.14694497]

Hey /fa/ whats wrong with me? I actually love my tatts and it makes me feel happy everytime I get to see them on a mirror.

[Anonymous No.14694519]

>>14694316

well, i think scars are tattoos in their own way; they're kind of cool and (usually) not self-inflicted so no pretentiousness. by mirroring a scar with a tattoo you counteract the coolness of said scar. it'll make you look attention craving. a more creative solution would be tattooing a related (or maybe opposite) thing on the other side of the body's axis

just my opinion man.

[Anonymous No.14694534]

>>14682189
kek

[Anonymous No.14694565]

>>14688144
left asscheek

[Anonymous No.14694573]

>>14694170
I did a lot illustrative style and watercolor stuff, also fine linework and pin-ups. A lot of it was very feminine and I had a lot of female clientele.


>>14694184
Good on you, man. I don't think it makes you less authentic but unfortunately people are probably not going to trust you as much as someone who has a lot of work done. I think it's helpful to know how it feels, that way you can put yourself in your clients shoes and empathize with them a bit more. I'd recommend getting at least one piece so that you can share that experience with them, you've obviously thought about it a lot so I'm sure you wouldn't get anything impulsive as I have.

>>14694380
Don't get me wrong, a few of my tattoos are really special to me and I have some really beautiful artwork done by some incredible artists. That being said... A lot of them are dumb as fuck, and as I started tattooing super young (16) I started collecting before I had any idea of how to put everything together cohesively... It's all kind of thrown together with many different styles.
As for laser removal, it's not something I would just purchase and start zapping blindly. That's about as stupid as tattooing yourself without proper knowledge beforehand. Unfortunately a lot of my tattoos are very heavily saturated and have a lot of colors in them. Hopefully the technology is getting better but it is my understanding that some colors cannot be lifted from the skin. I'm not entirely sure, as removal isn't my wheelhouse. If I decide to do the cosmetic tattooing thing maybe I will look into adding removal to what I want to learn as well. Then I could practice on myself and still have the professional knowledge to apply to whatever I decide to do in the future. I don't think there's any way I can get out of the tattoo game completely (I've invested too much time and the money is WAY too good to quit) but if I can do it cosmetically and switch my game up I might enjoy it again.

[Anonymous No.14695122]

>>14694519
>>14694316
Alternatively just scar your other thumb, it's free bro

[Anonymous No.14695759]

>>14694330
"I wan't a basic bitch stamp on my HEAD of all places, is that basic bitch thinking?"
Imbecile
>>14686492
thrashy